6 Ways to Keep the Energy and Optimism Up During the Dark and Cold Winter

“In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” Anne Bradstreet  Up here in Sweden the winter is dark, cold and often comes with a mix of rain and snow. And spring is still far away. It is not easy to keep the energy and optimism up like in the bright and warm summer days. So today I’d like to share 6 habits I use that make it a lot easier to stay positive even throughout this dark and often grey season. 1. Find one of your biggest energy sucks. Ask yourself: What is the biggest energy suck in my life right now? You may for example find that it is a person in your life that is very negative. Or that the report that you have been meaning to finish for a month now is dragging you down. Then you follow that up with asking: What is one thing I can do about this? Maybe you decide that you want stop hanging out with that person. Or at least spend less of the time you have in a week with him or her and more of that time with the people that give you the most energy. Perhaps you can just set off 5 minutes today to get started again with finishing your report. For some energy sucks there might not be a simple solution. Or a solution at all, at least at this time. Then you may want to find one of the lesser leaks in your life that you can actually do something about. Take a few minutes ...
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